Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil (U)
15/Jan/2026 Comedy, Drama 1hr 55mins

3.25

Simply Superb!

A neatly made rural comedy drama, where the director has not just stuck to his core idea but has also improvised it with appreciable screenwriting, gets most things right. A clean film to watch with friends and families for this festive season.(more)

Source: MovieCrow, MovieCrow

3.00

Familiar romp with enough comic spark

TTT asks for too much credit eventually. Once a woman chases a persistent suitor into the forest with a blade, once shotguns emerge, once ruffians lob homemade grenades at wedding decorations, the make-believe world you'd accepted tips into something sillier than it can support. You likely won�t re...(more)

Source: TOI, Times Of India

3.00

A superb Jiiva lights up Nithish Sahadev's firecracker comedy

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil is precisely the kind of grounded dramedy that Tamil cinema fans who watch Malayalam films have yearned for. Now let�s hope that more actors and producers see value in pursuing such gems, and perhaps this might be the start of a healthy trend of Malayalam-esque Tamil fi...(more)

Source: BHUVANESH CHANDAR, The Hindu

3.00

A wedding and a funeral with crackpot energy

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil is zany, crazy, farcical, and a largely entertaining fare. Jiiva wins big for his film choices like this one and Black for flirting with least explored genres in Tamil cinema, keeping the engagement factor intact. Despite the bumps, Nithish Sahadev, in his Tamil debut, ...(more)

Source: Akshy Kumar, CinemaExpress.com